Why not try a BAT VK3i? It's fully balanced in and out and also has RCA in and out, w HT pass thru. It has remote volume and input selection (optional, but most have it) and would a used one would be at the lower end of your price range. BAT has great service.
Suggestions on a balanced preamp?
My electronics are currently 60 feet from my speakers (as measured by speaker cable length). I was thinking of getting a balanced preamp (a Linn2250), sticking it between the speakers, and running balanced lines from the preamp->amp.
Currently I have an onkyo integrated home theater (fairly new, $1000ish retail, don't know which one) HD reciever with RCA out. I also have vandersteen quatros and linn preamp/amp with RCA connections. I was thinking of getting a preamp with RCA in and balanced outputs and running the HD reciever into an AUX input of the preamp and balanced from preamp to amp.
When playing CDs, I would just go CD->pre->amp and not include the HD receiver.
First, does all that sound reasonable?
Second, is there a reasonably priced (1-1.5k) preamp that would work, that includes a remote for volume? I suppose if it didn't include a remote, I could run the CD->HD receiver->pre->amp but that seems like it wouldn't be as optimal, especially because I have a cheapish integrated HD receiver. I figure the HD standards keep evolving so better to spend the money on quality amps/preamps that I keep forever.
Third, is there some collective wisdom that would steer me in a different direction?
Thanks for reading this far,
- Sprangle
Currently I have an onkyo integrated home theater (fairly new, $1000ish retail, don't know which one) HD reciever with RCA out. I also have vandersteen quatros and linn preamp/amp with RCA connections. I was thinking of getting a preamp with RCA in and balanced outputs and running the HD reciever into an AUX input of the preamp and balanced from preamp to amp.
When playing CDs, I would just go CD->pre->amp and not include the HD receiver.
First, does all that sound reasonable?
Second, is there a reasonably priced (1-1.5k) preamp that would work, that includes a remote for volume? I suppose if it didn't include a remote, I could run the CD->HD receiver->pre->amp but that seems like it wouldn't be as optimal, especially because I have a cheapish integrated HD receiver. I figure the HD standards keep evolving so better to spend the money on quality amps/preamps that I keep forever.
Third, is there some collective wisdom that would steer me in a different direction?
Thanks for reading this far,
- Sprangle
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